Tech laws, regulation, antitrust, courts and government policy.
Finding a payment on your card statement that you never made starts a legal clock most cardholders do not know exists. Under Spain’s payment-services framework, consumers have up to 13 months from the debit date to challenge an unauthorised transaction, and once the bank has been properly notified, the money should be back in the … Read more
Anyone buying a smartphone, laptop or television from a retailer in Spain gets a legal guarantee running three years from delivery — far beyond the twelve months most shoppers still assume. The framework sits in articles 114 to 127 bis of Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2007, as amended by Real Decreto-ley 7/2021 and applicable since 1 … Read more
Smart glasses with cameras look like ordinary eyewear, which is exactly why they raise privacy alarms. Spain’s data protection authority, the AEPD, addressed the issue in a good-practice guide published on July 13, 2026, warning that conventional-looking frames can capture people without permission, especially in sensitive places such as pools and beaches. TechNews DevTop examines … Read more
Anyone publishing AI-generated text or imagery is relying on an ownership claim the law, in the United States and in Spain, is reluctant to grant. The rule is blunt: an author must be a person. What a machine produces from a bare instruction is rarely protected; what you select, arrange or rework can be. No … Read more
Buying online from a business inside the European Union comes with a safety net that plenty of shoppers still underestimate: a 14-calendar-day window to walk away from the purchase without giving a reason. The seller then has a further 14 days to return the money, including the cost of the cheapest original delivery option. Return … Read more
Every loyalty card, insurance policy and social account leaves behind a record of personal data that most people never get to inspect. European privacy law offers a direct route into that record: Article 15 of the GDPR entitles anyone to ask an organisation whether it processes their data, to receive a copy at no cost … Read more
Since 20 June 2025, smartphones and tablets sold in the European Union must carry a standardised energy label built on a single testing protocol applied identically to every brand. Six measured values — energy class, endurance per charge, drop resistance, battery cycle life, repairability and ingress protection — now appear on the box, in shops … Read more
Spain has switched on a dedicated dialling range for telemarketing. From 17 October, companies covered by the country’s customer service legislation may only place commercial calls from nine-digit numbers beginning with 400 — a change that gives consumers a recognisable signal and, in theory, a single switch to silence it. The range derives from a … Read more
AI-generated political advertising has moved from novelty to major line item in the 2026 U.S. midterms. The Wesleyan Media Project has identified 220 ads made at least partly with AI tools, backed by more than $137 million in spending—yet only 27% carried any disclaimer that the technology was used. The findings, released on October 15, … Read more
Eight US states have opened a coordinated legal front against OpenAI, each filing its own lawsuit accusing the company of selling ChatGPT as a safe product while designing a chatbot that endangers minors and vulnerable adults. The complaints from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana read mostly as consumer-protection actions — … Read more